If you like your fantasy sprinkled with a
healthy dose of comedy then The Travelers is for you. This issues story is
done-in-one and concerns the Royal Wizard, Locust, and his forced participation in the
Wizard Olympics. Youd think since he was a Royal Wizard he wouldnt have
anything to fear. But not is all as it seems with Locust. He received his Royal Wizard job
thanks to a little fudging at the Beastleyville licensing bureau because Locust is
certainly not a Wizard anyone would pick for a permanent post be it Royal or otherwise.
Now its not that Locust is a bad guy, hes just not a very good Wizard. His
spells have an annoying habit of going awry at the worst possible moment.

To further complicate matters Locust has been
maneuvered into his current position by a fiendish villain and fellow wizard named
Tibernius. He and an evil demon from the 18th Pit of Hell have set out to kill the King
and Queen, install Princess Chastity in their place and have Tibernius made the new Royal
Wizard. All part of their devilish plan to usurp the power of the throne for themselves.

As youve probably surmised from the title, Locust
isnt the only wacky denizen of this world. He is aided and abetted by an equally
wacky cast of characters: Barbara, a scantily clad barbarian woman who wears a horned
helmet; Dan, the good-looking fighter; Sgt. T.S. the mightily muscled Captain of King
Rudolfos Guard; and a curmudgeonly drunken priest who goes by the name of Shambles.

The comedy in this issue is extremely well done and each
character is given its own distinctive voice. So many times writers dont pay much
attention to that in a comic but Tony Digerolamo has done a wonderful job fleshing these
characters out even in the course of one issue. The story itself is well paced and chock
full of chuckles.

The artwork in The Travelers is splendid but I did
have one complaint. This issue had a lot of inkers and while they are all very good inkers
the style changed drastically a couple of times and that was a little distracting. But
even with that one small complaint The Travelers displays a level of comic
storytelling skill that many "big three" artists would do well to emulate. The
artwork was clean, the characters actually used facial expressions and the story from
panel to panel was very clear.

The third issue of The Travelers will be out in
April 99. Issues #1, 2 ($2.25 each) and a special #0 20 page ashcan ($1.50) can be
had through: South Jersey Rebellion Productions, P.O. Box 439, Stratford, NJ 08084. Add $1
shipping for every two comics ordered. Let them know if you want your comics signed and
theyll do it free of charge. You can also visit the SJRP web site at www.thefixsite.com.